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Barrett S. Caldwell, PhD is Professor (and former Interim Head) in the Edwardson School of Industrial Engineering, and the School of Aeronautics & Astronautics, at Purdue University. He has a PhD (University of California, Davis, 1990) in Social Psychology, and BS degrees in Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Humanities (MIT, 1985). His research team examines and improves how people get, share, and use information in settings including aviation, critical incident response, healthcare, and spaceflight operations. His CV includes over 225 publications addressing multiple areas of human factors and systems engineering.

Prof. Caldwell has participated in multiple National Academies service efforts, including as a Jefferson Science Fellow at the U.S. Department of State (Office of Japanese Affairs); the 2022 report on Human-AI Teaming: State of the Art and Research Needs, and Human Factors; and Co-Chair of the Human Factors / Biological Sciences Panel for the 2026 A Science Strategy for Human Exploration of Mars report. He is a Fellow and Past Secretary-Treasurer of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), and a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE). Prof. Caldwell was Director of the NASA-funded Indiana Space Grant Consortium (INSGC) from 2002 to 2026.